This projector lamp has an estimated lamp life of 2000 hours. It also is a UHP 150 Watt lamp and the bulb was made by Philips. All of our projector lamps are shipped from our New York warehouse. We guarantee this is a genuine OEM projector lamp (the same lamp that originally came with your projector). Since it is a genuine OEM lamp it comes with the cage. The warranty is 60 days. Please watch out for some retailers who pass-off copy lamps as genuine OEM lamps. To protect yourself click the link above.